Criminology Research Council

The principal objectives of the Criminology Research Council are to undertake and provide funding for criminological research which is relevant to public policy and to promote the value and use of such research.

Latest news

• CRC portfolio budget statements now available
• The 2010 round of the Criminology Research Council research grants are are now closed
• Annual report 2008/09 (tabled 28 October 2009)
• Successful Grant Applications: 2008-09 & 2009-10

Latest reports

• Unexplained wealth laws in Australia (July 2010)
• Indigenous women's offending patterns: A literature review (July 2010)
  
• Emerging issues in domestic/family violence research (April 2010)
• Improving jury understanding and use of expert DNA evidence (March 2010)
  
• Police diversion of young offenders and Indigenous over-representation (March 2010)
• A review of confiscation schemes in Australia (March 2010)
• The status of laws on outlaw motorcycle gangs in Australia (Second edition, March 2010)
• Challenges in mainstreaming specialty courts (October 2009)
• The specific deterrent effect of custodial penalties on juvenile reoffending (23 September)
• Intimate partner abuse of women in a Central Queensland mining region (24 July)
• Intrafamilial adolescent sex offenders: psychological profile and treatment (23 July)
• Factors affecting perceived criminality: evidence from victims of assault (26 June)